Gina Marie
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Well, I already knew, but this article-WOW!!
That's one of my all-time fave songs, and I think of its' meaning just the way he does.
As Mona would say
, I LOVETH thee Bono.
Rolling Stone
December 27, 2001
From an article about John Lennon's song "Imagine"
"He's my favorite songwriter," U2's Bono says of Lennon. "And I love
the simplicity of the song." But what he likes best "is the Buddhist
core of the song, the idea that imagination precedes action, that you
imagine something before you make it true.
"I don't like how the song has become this New Age anthem -- 'Imagine
no restrictions,' " he says. "It is a rigorous idea -- that you had to
hold a thought, and then go after it. My respect for John is that he
didn't just have the thought. He went after it. Sometimes he made
errors of judgement, but his mistakes were made in earnest."
"It's step one in an ambitious program," Bono says of Lennon's song.
"We
have been overpowered by the pragmatic. The overwhelming mood at the
moment is that the world is what it is. And I don't accept that. I love
the 'Imagine' billboard in Times Square. It's telling people: Imagine
that things don't have to be the way they are."
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If you are really good friends with The Edge, you can just call him The~ Adam
The right side of my brain is kinda redundant~ Larry
That's one of my all-time fave songs, and I think of its' meaning just the way he does.
As Mona would say
Rolling Stone
December 27, 2001
From an article about John Lennon's song "Imagine"
"He's my favorite songwriter," U2's Bono says of Lennon. "And I love
the simplicity of the song." But what he likes best "is the Buddhist
core of the song, the idea that imagination precedes action, that you
imagine something before you make it true.
"I don't like how the song has become this New Age anthem -- 'Imagine
no restrictions,' " he says. "It is a rigorous idea -- that you had to
hold a thought, and then go after it. My respect for John is that he
didn't just have the thought. He went after it. Sometimes he made
errors of judgement, but his mistakes were made in earnest."
"It's step one in an ambitious program," Bono says of Lennon's song.
"We
have been overpowered by the pragmatic. The overwhelming mood at the
moment is that the world is what it is. And I don't accept that. I love
the 'Imagine' billboard in Times Square. It's telling people: Imagine
that things don't have to be the way they are."
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If you are really good friends with The Edge, you can just call him The~ Adam
The right side of my brain is kinda redundant~ Larry
